English Explanatory Dictionary

woolsack

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bag or bale of wool.
  2. A seat made of wool; (specifically) the traditional seat of the British Lord Chancellor (since 2006 of the Lord Speaker of the House of Lords); hence (by metonymy) the post of Lord-Chancellor.
  3. Synonym of corestone.

Word forms

woolsack woolsacks

Etymology

From wool + sack.

Synonyms

corestone
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